5-letter words containing y, s
- gaspy — tending to gasp
- gassy — full of or containing gas.
- gawsy — (of people) well-dressed and of cheerful appearance.
- gipsy — a member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people of generally swarthy complexion, who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.
- gonys — the ridge along the tip of the lower mandible of a bird's bill at the junction of the two joined halves, especially prominent in gulls.
- goosy — like a goose; foolish or giddy.
- gorsy — Where gorse grows.
- grays — Plural form of gray.
- greys — of a color between white and black; having a neutral hue.
- grisy — grim or grisly
- gushy — given to or marked by excessively effusive talk, behavior, etc.
- gussy — to enhance the attractiveness of in a gimmicky, showy manner (usually followed by up): a room gussied up with mirrors and lights.
- gusty — tasty; savory; appetizing.
- gutsy — having a great deal of courage or nerve: a gutsy lampooner of the administration.
- gyges — Also, Gyes [jahy-eez] /ˈdʒaɪ iz/ (Show IPA). one of the Hecatonchires.
- gypos — gyppo.
- gypse — Obsolete form of gypsum.
- gypsy — a member of a nomadic, Caucasoid people of generally swarthy complexion, who migrated originally from India, settling in various parts of Asia, Europe, and, most recently, North America.
- gyres — Plural form of gyre.
- gyros — Alternative form of gyro.
- gyrus — a convolution, especially of the brain.
- gyves — Usually, gyves. a shackle, especially for the leg; fetter.
- hashy — resembling or similar to a hash
- hasty — moving or acting with haste; speedy; quick; hurried.
- hayes — Carlton J(oseph) H(untley) 1882–1964, U.S. historian, educator, and diplomat.
- heyse — Paul (Johann von) [poul yoh-hahn fuh n] /paʊl ˈyoʊ hɑn fən/ (Show IPA), 1830–1914, German playwright, novelist, poet, and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1910.
- hissy — Slang. a fit of anger; temper tantrum.
- horsy — of, relating to, or characteristic of a horse.
- hosey — to choose sides, as in a children's game.
- hoyas — Plural form of hoya.
- hushy — characterized by the sound 'hush'
- husky — big and strong; burly.
- hussy — a brazen or immoral woman.
- hydes — Plural form of hyde.
- hykes — Plural form of hyke.
- hymns — Plural form of hymn.
- hypes — Plural form of hype.
- hypos — Plural form of hypo.
- hyson — a Chinese green tea dried and prepared from twisted leaves, especially of the early crop (young hyson)
- i-spy — a game in which one player specifies the initial letter of the name of an object that he or she can see, which the other players then try to guess
- islay — an island off the W coast of Scotland: the southernmost of the Inner Hebrides; separated from the island of Jura by the Sound of Islay. Pop: 3457 (2001). Area: 606 sq km (234 sq miles)
- j say — Jean Baptiste [zhahn ba-teest] /ʒɑ̃ baˈtist/ (Show IPA), 1767–1832, French economist. Compare Say's law.
- jasey — a wig, especially one made of worsted.
- jassy — a region in NE Romania: formerly a principality that united with Wallachia to form Romania. Capital: Jassy.
- joeys — Plural form of joey.
- kayes — a city in W Mali.
- kayos — a knockout in boxing.
- kesey — Ken. 1935–2001, US novelist, best-known for One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1962)
- kipsy — (Australia) A house or shelter.
- kissy — Sentimentally affectionate.